04/13/2000 12:08 PM Senate FIN

     COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 180(JUD)                                                                           
     "An Act relating to the possession, manufacture, use,                                                                      
     display, or delivery of controlled substances while                                                                        
     children are present."                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
This  was the  second hearing  for this  bill in  the Senate                                                                    
Finance Committee.                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
CONOR  SULLIVAN, staff  to Representative  Cowdery, reminded                                                                    
the  Committee   that  this   bill  prohibits   adults  from                                                                    
knowingly allowing or encouraging,  a minor from entering or                                                                    
remaining  in the  immediate  presence  of the  manufacture,                                                                    
use, delivery,  or display of  drugs. He expressed  that the                                                                    
intent  is to  send a  strong message  that "drugs  and kids                                                                    
don't mix."                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
BLAIR  MCCUNE,  Deputy  Director, Public  Defenders  Agency,                                                                    
Department of  Administration, testified  via teleconference                                                                    
from Anchorage about  his concern that people  do not always                                                                    
have much  choice over where  they live. He gave  an example                                                                    
of a  spouse who  begins using drugs,  and the  position the                                                                    
other  spouse is  placed in,  which under  this legislation,                                                                    
would  require   immediate  relocation  to   avoid  criminal                                                                    
charges.                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Senator Adams offered  a motion to report  from Committee CS                                                                    
HB 180  (JUD) with accompanying  zero fiscal notes  from the                                                                    
Department of Law and the  Alaska Court System, accompanying                                                                    
indeterminable   fiscal   note   from  the   Department   of                                                                    
Administration,   Public    Defender's   Agency    and   new                                                                    
indeterminable   fiscal   note   from  the   Department   of                                                                    
Corrections.                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Without objection the bill MOVED from Committee.